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harry kewell
When did you first start playing golf?
I can’t remember exactly when I started playing
golf. I used to caddie for my dad and I just loved
the game from then. I always said if I wasn’t a
footballer, I would have loved to have been a
professional golfer. I remember my dad giving
me a club and I couldn’t hit it. He changed the
club to a left-handed one and I started hitting it
well. So ever since then, I’ve loved golf.
I am not someone who just turns up and
plays. I have lessons. I practise. I make sure I’m
learning and I make sure I do everything right.
You’ve graced the fields of Anfield, the
MCG and the Santiago Bernabeu. What
are some of the golf courses you have
played and how do they compare to
those stadiums?
I’ve played at the Capital Golf Club, which is a
stunning course, and I’ve been fortunate enough
to play at The National Golf Club, which I think
is sensational and probably one of my favourite
courses in the world.
Recently I had the opportunity to play at
Wentworth Club in England, which blew my mind.
It was phenomenal and suited me down to a tee
because the way I play golf is that I like to hit the
ball hard and far. It killed me, though. The first four
holes I was one-over, I was flying. Maybe it was
just sloppiness that came into it, but I just cracked.
It’s a decade since Destiny ’06, where
the Socceroos captivated the nation.
Throughout the campaign, both
qualification and finals, you had your ups
and downs, but the Socceroos achieved
what many thought could not be possible.
Jason Day overcame vertigo and won
his breakthrough major championship in
2015. Is it difficult for athletes to block
out everything around them and to focus
solely on the task at hand?
It’s hard. (But) we have a mindset of just
wanting to win. It’s not how hard you hit the
ground but how you can get up and keep going.
With Jason Day, it was how he suffered from
vertigo and was able to bounce back when
people were saying, ‘Is he going to do it? What’s
going to happen here?’ That pressure was
immense.
You have to think as well in football. We play
with 10 other superstars and in golf it’s just you.
Even though you’re playing against someone,
you’re also playing within yourself. You’re trying
to block it out and you can see golfers going
through their routine, trying to go through their
breathing, the understanding, making sure
everything goes off.
You saw how much it meant to Jason when
he won; he cried. He probably didn’t want to cry,
it was just the emotion of what happened to
his family, and everyone felt unbelievable at the
relief. Now he’s gone from strength to strength.
Dealing with pressure is something
every professional sportsman faces,
and there’s no doubt that you came
across that during your times at
Liverpool, Galatasaray and Melbourne
Victory in packed stadiums. What are
some of the things you did to calm
yourself down?
Play golf. Honestly, that’s when I relax. I go out
there because nobody can bother me for four or
five hours. I’m out there with my mates and I’m
having a laugh. I can just go out there and enjoy
myself. I haven’t got anything else to do or to
think about, I just think about my shots.
When I played football, I never got scared, I
never got worried and I never got intimidated. I
always walked out and felt like I was walking in
my home. On the pitch was my home; I just felt
comfortable. So there was no pressure. But to
get away from it all, I’d actually go onto the golf
course and just enjoy golf because I love it so
much.
You were voted Australia’s greatest ever
footballer. In your view, who is your
equivalent in Australian golf?
I grew up watching Tiger Woods. I love him. I